Masego has created and curated a new wave known as “trap house jazz,” blending infectious Southern beats like “Knuck If You Buck” with classical jazz elements and a cartoonish character. That’s why this 22-year-old saxophonist popping up on tracklists with GoldLink and Sango is becoming a true Renaissance man. Though he’s fostered the sound on his own, ‘Sego credits a friend, David Connelly, with coming up with the sub-genre’s name. “He doesn’t have TV or phone; he’s just really in that time period he makes hip-hop beats,” ‘Sego explained to XXL. So, we’re chopping it up one day, we’re making beats and then he starts playing this James Brown documentary and then I played some of my beats for him and he’s like, “Bro, this joint is like ignorance meets elegance…it’s like trap house jazz.”

Fueled by the single “Girls That Dance,” ‘Sego’s most recent project, Pink Polo EP dropped in July 2015 and was the perfect soundtrack for impromptu rooftop parties of mixed crowds.